Fits nicely in 200 points...

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Blue Squadron Scout (43)
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Gray Squadron Bomber (32)
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Blue Squadron Escort (41)
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I rather have a entire 7 novel series about the efforts of Silly Squadron and Dinner Squadron

Gonna guess the name of the squadron is a joke someone in the books makes.

Also there are several sayings and words that probably shouldn't be in Star Wars but they are.

Lets wait to see how the book actually is before judging it too much.

Not that I think Alphabet Squadron is a terrible title, but why not call it Aurebesh Squadron?

3 hours ago, KiraYamatoSF said:

Gonna guess the name of the squadron is a joke someone in the books makes.

Also there are several sayings and words that probably shouldn't be in Star Wars but they are.

Lets wait to see how the book actually is before judging it too much.

Even if it IS a joke, they are still ******** all over Rogue Squadron X-Wing novels by STILL Not adding them back into the lore, and leaving a ton of great characters in the "garbage" pile according to disney. This is why I refuse to accept the "Disney Verse" as cannon, I might not of liked 100% of the original EU, but even the Vong at this point is better then anything, and everything that I have seen that Disney released up till this point.

Ahh Disney...

1 hour ago, Cr0aker said:

Ahh Disney...

Starwars : It is to late for me....my soup.... Disney is your master now...they will teach you the TRUE power of the dark side....

6 hours ago, Zeoinx said:

Even if it IS a joke, they are still ******** all over Rogue Squadron X-Wing novels by STILL Not adding them back into the lore, and leaving a ton of great characters in the "garbage" pile according to disney. This is why I refuse to accept the "Disney Verse" as cannon, I might not of liked 100% of the original EU, but even the Vong at this point is better then anything, and everything that I have seen that Disney released up till this point.

As someone who loves the X-wing novels & comics I feel its loss too.....but I also love the new canon so I don’t have the same level of resentment. I look forward to Freed hopefully giving us our new canon version of Wraith Squadron, and if Wedge is in it all the better:)

The title is a bit silly but I’ll wait to see what they do with it before judging.

Can the five ships combine somehow to form a super ship?

?

A common saying so often ignored. Never judge a book by it's cover.

I'm curious and will read it when I get a chance. My expectations are not high, as I've never read anything by the author and many of the books (pre and post Disney) have read as though they were rushed out the door.

13 hours ago, DailyRich said:

Not that I think Alphabet Squadron is a terrible title, but why not call it Aurebesh Squadron?

Because the ship names only make sense in the Roman alphabet. The B(lade) wing sort of excepted. The aurebesh letters look totally different from their Roman transliterations.

On 10/8/2018 at 11:00 AM, WAC47 said:

That’s... insane.

SW fans are literally insane.

But at this point, are we really surprise? What would Star Wars fan do without all that drama?

5 hours ago, thespaceinvader said:

Because the ship names only make sense in the Roman alphabet. The B(lade) wing sort of excepted. The aurebesh letters look totally different from their Roman transliterations.

Then where the **** did the ship names come from in the first place?

1 minute ago, DailyRich said:

Then where the **** did the ship names come from in the first place?

In universe? Heck knows. They're just random designations, presumably, other than that B(lade) Wing, whcih was so named because it looks like a dagger or sword when the wings are open.

it's one of those aspects of EU canon that never got an explanation beyond that AFAIK. Aurebesh was invented but the question of why the x shaped ship is called the x wing when the aurebesh letter is xesh and is a triangle shape...

Perials of retroactive continuity. Lucas never intended for there to be an alternate in universe alphabet to the best of my knowledge.

1 hour ago, Red Castle said:

But at this point, are we really surprise? What would Star Wars fan do without all that drama?

Enjoy things?

I'll offer the counterpoint that this title explains exactly what the book is about.

While I don't want it used in character, it is very evocative to me.

Would have been better if the cover showed the silhouettes for the E-wing, K-wing and V-wing and no other ships.

And the bust of Lt. Ketch.

/troll

On 10/8/2018 at 10:09 AM, TasteTheRainbow said:

Fingers crossed for the return of Lieutenant Ketch.

That was one of the single greatest contributions to the entire EU.

On 10/8/2018 at 10:09 AM, TasteTheRainbow said:

Fingers crossed for the return of Lieutenant Ketch.

Double post

On 10/8/2018 at 10:09 AM, TasteTheRainbow said:

Fingers crossed for the return of Lieutenant Ketch.

Glitch

23 hours ago, ForceM said:

Yeah well i guess this makes perfect sense, Disney supporting the kids alphabetization is really a nice move.

Next year, playschool squadron will be the new hotness i suppose.

But what really catches me is that they won’t include the K-Wing and the E-Wing in their alphabet. I guess the legeds Kids are not allowed to play in their schoolyard anymore.

BUXAYKE...I think I see where this could go, and it isn't good.

It annoys me to no end every time I see the U-wing lumped in as a fighter. It's a **** SPACE HUEY.

Oh, good. Because when you're forming a squadron, you want as many different ships with as few interchangeable parts as possible. Quartermasters love figuring out the logistics for that!

On 10/8/2018 at 12:29 PM, GuacCousteau said:

That is the worst name for anything Star Wars related I have ever heard.

It is worse than the in universe joke names submitted for Wraith Squadron because at least Dinner Squadron was funny.

Not to mention Dinner Squadron's undefeated record with no losses!

On 10/8/2018 at 11:27 PM, Zeoinx said:

Even if it IS a joke, they are still ******** all over Rogue Squadron X-Wing novels by STILL Not adding them back into the lore, and leaving a ton of great characters in the "garbage" pile according to disney. This is why I refuse to accept the "Disney Verse" as cannon, I might not of liked 100% of the original EU, but even the Vong at this point is better then anything, and everything that I have seen that Disney released up till this point.

We need to bring back Ooryl and Runt! Get more non-human representation in snubfighters!

While the title is laughable, I think what really rustles my jimmies is the plot. Ace squadron of misfits not made up of rogue squadron pilots goes and hunts down secret imperial baddies like inglorious ba!”’@&$, or that other movie about the spies in the 60s hunting former nazis. Maybe it’s because I also enjoy other movies/readings, but this trope seems to be well played out, so while I hope it’s an enjoyable read, I don’t think they’ll be anything particularly new here, except some jokes:

What is a fur ball called? alphabet soup.

what do you call an alphabet squadron fighter that crashes? Ought oh spaghettio.

What does alphabet squadron do with swarms? Let them pasta between us.

how many fighters does it take for alphabet squadron to be at full strength? 26